Mr. Garner's Computer Skills Class

MS Word - a basic intro

WORD has specialized Vocabulary??? For sure!

Microsoft has some vocabulary that apply to basic functions and are used across all of the OFFICE applications. There are additionally specific vocaulary for each of the Office applications. We will learn the suite-wide vocab here, then look at the WORD specific terms/features.

Microsoft Office Terms

1- Menu Tabs

9- Landscape

17- Justified

2- Tool Bar

10- Bold

18- Margins

3- Ribbon

11- Italic

19- Home

4- Shortcut Keys

12- Underline

20- End

5- Undo

13- Text Effects

21- Page up & Page down

6- Redo

14- Alignment

22- Font

7- Page Orientation

15- Left Aligned

23- Font size

8- Portrait

16- Center Aligned

24- Font color

A few that are more specific to WORD:

1- Overtype/Typeover

6- Replace

11- Columns

2- Soft page

7- Ordered/Numbered list

12- Spell Check

3- Hard page

8- Unordered/Bulleted list

13- Thesaurus

4- Tabs

9- Indent

14- Zoom in & out

5- Find

10- Line Spacing

Step 1: Learning Basic Tools and Features

Follow along as the teacher runs through some of the basic tools and features of Office Applications and a few specific to WORD.

During the teacher presentation, watch closely and then practice the items on your own. Add any notes needed to your vocab items so you can remember and review as needed.

Let me know if you have questions or if you are struggling with any of the vocabulary.

We have learned the basics of tables in WORD by creating a table together as a class. If you are caught up and would like more practice with tables you may complete the Page 89 Activities for extra credit.